Universal Worklist Configuration

Question

Hey guys
Please can someone tell me where I can find a universal wordlist config guide for EP7.0?
Many thanks in advance
Jo-lize

Answer 1

Hi
This are the steps need to be followed.please do give full points
The Universal Worklist (UWL) gives users unified and centralized way to access their work and the relevant information in the Enterprise Portal. It collects tasks and notifications from multiple provider systems – SAP Business Workflow, Collaboration Task, Alert Framework and Knowledge Management Recent Notifications - in one list for one-stop access.
Administration and configuration for the Universal Worklist (UWL) is described.
General Prerequisites
1.     As an administrator, you have full administration rights for the Portal and the required business workflow rights in back end system (reference roles such as SAP_BC_BMT_WFM_UWL_ADMIN and SAP_BC_UWL_ADMIN_USER). Refer to SAP note 941589.
Summary
Symptom
UWL administrative and/or end users are not allowed to perform or look up business workflow functions or data in the backend system.
Reason and Prerequisites
Corresponding adminsitrative and end users in the backend systems are created from scratch and have zero initial authorization.
These roles are provided as an option to enable UWL administrative and end user authorization to readily utitlize the APIs of the SAP Business Workflow and relevant basis components remotely.
(Note: Usually these roles are not needed as backend user is already assigned with roles that have sufficient authorization.)
Also refer to BWF note 938717 for the corresponding roles required by business workflow.
SAP_BC_UWL_ADMIN_USER
For UWL administrative user who mainly deals with business workflow system registration.
SAP_BC_UWL_END_USER
For UWL end user to carry out all business workflow actions currently supported in UWL.
Solution
The roles can only be imported with a support package
Header Data
Release Status:     Released for Customer
Released on:     25.04.2006  04:57:52
Priority:     Recommendations/additional info
Category:     Advance development
Primary Component:     EP-BC-UWL Universal Worklist
Releases
SoftwareComponent     Release     FromRelease     ToRelease     AndsubsequentSAP_BASIS     60     640     640      SAP_BASIS     70     700     700     
Highest Implemented Support Package
SupportPackages     Release     PackageNameSAP_BASIS     640     SAPKB64017SAP_BASIS     640     SAPKB64019SAP_BASIS     700     SAPKB70008SAP_BASIS          
Summary
Symptom
This note delivers two roles (PFCG) with the authorizations required to display and edit Business Workflow work items in the universal worklist.
SAP_BC_BMT_WFM_UWL_ADMIN
This role has the workflow authorizations required to perform the configuration for the Business Workflow connection in the universal worklist. These are authorizations for Business Workflow interfaces on the back-end system. The role does not have any authorizations for the portal or other interfaces used by the universal worklist.
SAP_BC_BMT_WFM_UWL_END_USER
This role has all workflow authorizations required by end users to be able to edit Business Workflow work items with the universal worklist. The role does not have any authorizations for the portal or other interfaces used by the universal worklist.
You can either use the two roles directly or as templates for your own roles.
Note 941589 contains more information about roles with authorizations for the universal worklist.
Other terms
Universal worklist
Solution
The roles can only be imported with the relevant Support Package.
Header Data
Release Status:     Released for Customer
Released on:     20.04.2006  07:43:26
Priority:     Recommendations/additional info
Category:     Advance development
Primary Component:     BC-BMT-WFM Business Workflow
Secondary Components:     EP-BC-UWL Universal Worklist
Releases
SoftwareComponent     Release     FromRelease     ToRelease     AndsubsequentSAP_BASIS     60     640     640      SAP_BASIS     70     700     700     
Highest Implemented Support Package
SupportPackages     Release     PackageNameSAP_BASIS     640     SAPKB64017SAP_BASIS     700     SAPKB70008
Related Notes
941589 - UWL: administrative and end user roles
Attributes
1.     Make sure that each user is known to all connected SAP systems as per role requirement (make sure that there is one-to-one mapping between the portal user and the backend user)
If an iView is based on a system object defined in your system landscape, you must assign user permission for the relevant user, group, or role to the system object, as well. User permissions assigned to a system permits the iView to retrieve data from the respective back end application through the system object at runtime.
2.      Each connected SAP system for back end system (below release 7.0, WP-PI plug-in 6.0) has the connection to its respective SAP Internet Transaction Server (ITS)
Authorizations needed for working with Business Workflow
Normally, when the corresponding back end system user already has the correct authorization to work on the Business Workflow directly, no additional setup is required when working in UWL. However, manual configuration to assign RFC access authorization to the following function groups may be needed (Note: this is not common):
1.     ●      Function group and transaction SWK1 (for back end systems using WP-PI plug-in)
2.     ●      Function group SWN_UWL_WL (for back end system on release 6.40 and above, without the need of WP-PI plug-in)
3.     ●      Function group SWRC, SSCV (for all cases)
4.     ●      Authorization rights for SDTX
User Mapping:
1.      Navigate to User Administration ®identity Managementà User Mapping.
       2.      There are three scenarios:
○     Portal user ID is different than the back end SAP user ID and back end SAP user IDs are different in all back end SAP systems connected to the portal (UIDPW)
1.      Maintain the user mapping for each portal user corresponding to all the respective back end systems
2.      Portal user ID is different than the back end SAP user ID and backend SAP user ids are the same in all back end SAP systems connected to the portal (logon ticket)
  Maintain the user mapping for each portal user to the reference system
3.     Portal user ID is the same as the back end SAP user and back end SAP user IDs are the same in all back end SAP systems connected to the portal (logon ticket)
1.       No user mapping is necessary
User Permissions
According to the prerequisites, if an iView is based on a system object defined in your system landscape, you must assign user permission for the relevant user, group, or role to the system object, as well.
User permissions assigned to a system permits the iView to retrieve data from the respective back end application through the system object at runtime.
     Procedure
       1.      Navigate to System Administration  ® System Configuration  ® Portal Content. Open the folder where the existing systems were created.
       2.      From the available system list, click with the secondary mouse button on the system name and choose Open  ® Permissions.
       3.      Assign permissions. Make sure that under the Administrator column you assign Read permissions for the assigned role (for example for role eu_role). Also mark the check box End User.
       4.      Choose Save.
     Registering the Provider Systems
Each UWL iView can retrieve work items from multiple Business Workflow back end systems. Register each back-end connection to be used with the following procedure:
On the port...
       1.      On the portal, choose System Administration ® System Configuration ® Universal Worklist and Workflow ® Universal Worklist Administration.
The Universal Worklist Systems list appears. Here you can define connectors and systems as item providers for the Universal Worklist.
       2.      To add a new entry, choose New. To edit existing information, select (highlight) the row and choose Edit.
       3.      To save the current system registration, choose Ok.
       4.      Multiple system connections are defined by repeating the above steps 1 to 3.
Table describing the parameters
Parameter     Description and Use
Connector     This is the identifier with which the connector is registered. It indicates the type of items retrieved through the connection. For example: WebFlowConnector.For connector types WebFlowConnector or Alert Connector item types have to be registered with the UWL service after defining a new system connection.
Configuration Groups     Leave this blank, when working with the default UWL iView. You can add a number of configuration groups separated by commas but only one configuration group per iView. first installed, one UWL iView is defined.  The System Configuration Group property for that iView is empty (blank). This means that no System Configuration Group is named, but in effect there is only a single group. The default behavior for the blank setting is this: when any user logs onto the UWL iView, UWL tries to log that user onto all registered back end systems. There is a limitation with the blank setting. When a large number of systems are accessed during log on, the overall portal load is increased. Also, the user receives error messages from those back end systems that have no user account for the particular UWL user. For large system landscapes do the following:...       1.      Partition back end systems into groups. This is accomplished by creating additional UWL iView instances, each of which refers to a specific group of backend systems. The group is defined, using the System Configuration Group iView property.       2.      Then use the value of the System Configuration Group property when registering back end systems by placing it in parameter Configuration Group, when you register the SAP system.
System alias     The name of the alias for the back end system, as defined in the system landscape. The length cannot exceed 25 characters.If Web Dynpro applications are configured on a SAP NetWeaver Application Server which is different from the SAP NetWeaver Application Server of the system alias, then specify that system alias as a Web Dynpro system
Web Dynpro Launch System     Enter the Web Dynpro system name if the SAP NetWeaver Application Server for the system is not the same as that running the Web Dynpro.Leave empty otherwise
User Roles     Restricts who can get work items via the user role. For example, you can assign a portal role here, such as buyer. Only users with the role buyer will see items from the provider system in UWL.You can have multiple user roles separated by semi-colon. By specifying user roles for the portal users, it can be restricted as to who gets the work items in UWL.  For example, you can assign a portal role to a user, such as buyer.  Only users with the role buyer will see items from a system, for example, B7QCLNT000 in UWL.
Pull Channel Delta Refresh Period (in Seconds)     Delta Pull mechanism of UWL enables new items to be fetched from the back end SAP systems every minute by default every 60 seconds, and every 30 seconds for alerts. However, this can be configured. The user does not need to use the refresh function to update the inbox. Once items are retrieved, timestamps are updated for the users whose items are successfully retrieved. These retrieved items are updated in the UWL cache. Setup necessary from Business Workflow to enable Delta Pull MechanismSome configuration settings are required if you use the UWL and the Extended Notifications for SAP Business Workflow. Define the following two batch jobs:...●      Background job (for example UWL_DELTA_PULL_1), consisting of a single step of ABAP report RSWNUWLSEL in FULL mode, using a report variant.Run the job once a day.1.     ●      A background job (for example UWL_DELTA_PULL_2), consisting of a single step of ABAP report RSWNUWLSEL in DELTA mode (default mode is delta, so report variant is optional).Run the job every one to three minutes (depending on the performance of the back end SAP system).Setup necessary from UWL to enable Delta Pull Mechanism The UWL service user in portal, with user id uwl_service, has to be granted access to the corresponding back end systems. This is a predefined service user provided by UWL. When the back end system is configured in the UWL administration page, an automated process is triggered to create a corresponding UWL service user in the back end system.Check role assignments and profiles status of this automated generated UWL service user and perform user comparison if necessary.●      If SAPLogon ticket is used (without using user mapping), you first create the system entry. A message about uwl_service user appears. Then in the back-end system give the uwl_service user an initial password. Now edit the system entry.●      If user mapping is used, you can first configure the back end system in the UWL administration page. Then access the respective back end system to initialize the password for the user uwl_service. Then, do user mapping in the portal as usual for service user uwl_service.In case uwl_service fails to be created in the back end and does not exist, you can manually create a back end user with the id uwl_service and assign the role SAP_BC_UWL_SERVICE and the rights as other end users.ORMap uwl_service to an existing back end user. Make sure that there is no multiple user mapping (there must not be two portal users mapped to the same back end user). This back end user must have the role SAP_BC_UWL_SERVICE.
Snapshot Refresh Period (in minutes)     All items at the current time are fetched from the backend (for example from the SAP Business Workflow). The cache is synchronized thereafter. New / modified / deleted / updated items are fetched every session (every log on) if you leave the field value empty or enter a negative number.To specify a particular time frame for which the refresh occurs, enter the number of minutes
The above registration procedure is usually sufficient to use a UWL iView. Item type retrieval and registration requires a connection to the systems and may take a couple of minutes.
For each system, they are generated as the configuration named uwl.webflow..
In Manager Self-Service (MSS), the Universal Worklist groups together in Workset: Work
Overview the various workflow tasks and alerts that are relevant for a manager.
The standard MSS delivery includes the configuration file com.sap.pct.erp.mss.001.xml for the universal worklist.
1. In the portal, choose System Administration →System Configuration →Universal
Worklist and Workflow →Universal Worklist →UWL Systems Configuration.
2. Create the following system connections:
If you have already registered a suitable connector to the system connected to
the system alias, the existing connector is sufficient and you do not have to
register an additional one.
○ System alias: SAP_ECC_Financials
Connection types:
■ WebFlowConnector
■ AlertConnector
○ System alias: SAP_ECC_HumanResources
Connection type WebFlowConnector
○ System alias: SAP_SRM
Connection type WebFlowConnector
Leave the Web Dynpro Launch System field blank for all system connections.
With regards
subrato kundu